The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-18
A BRINDLE BULL IN TOWN.
How Two Heartless Citizens Betrayed
the Confidence of Visitor.
From the Thomson (Gd.) Journal

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From the Thomson (Gd.) Journal
Last Thursday night a small brindle bull
came in TO Thomson and acted in most UNI
becoming and disgraceful manner. When
he crossed the railroad he lifted up his voice
and informed the town that he was from
the Montgomery district, and that he was
on an everlasting, pluperfect spree generally
He said he was here to horn out the stock
law or anything else that came in his way,
and he dared the United States to stand
before him. He said many improper and
unkind things about the people OF TINS
town, and volunteered the assertion
that he could shoulder the depot
and carry it to Brier creek. He said that
Thomson was putting ON airs and ought to
be taken down, and that he was here for that
purpose; and when he beloved up toward
Brier Row it looked like he was going to
upset the entire block. But when he reached
SCOTS corner he turned down Railroad
street, still talking extravagantly about
what he was able to do. At HolZendorfs
store he threw his tail over his back, turned
over box and smashed barrel, and then
called for Col. G.. Washington Seay and dared
him to bring out his wild mules and imper-
ishable wagon. Col Seay being sound asleep
did not respond, but Jack Smith and Peter
Knox did Jack found a bundle of fodder
which he held to the bulls nose. The bull
put down his irate tail and Jack proceeded
to tell him that he was entirely M staken
about Thomson. He assured him that the
people of the town were very kind and hos
pitable and that Col. Seay was gentleman
who wore one galus and chewed plug
tobacco. He also stated that if he
would follow him up town he should have
barrel of fodder and two bundles of corn,
and Peter promptly agreed to carry bar
rel that he might butt and smash at his
pleasure.
The procession up the street was very i'm
pressve First. Jack with a melancholy
face and bundle of fodder; then the bull,
stating, every few yards, that he was son
of Andrew Story's famous animal, and
that he could hold the courthouse or any
other man out in the wet, and then, with
an empty barrel, Peter, solemn but deter
mined to uphold the honor of the town.
At the hotel corner Peter suddenly disap-
peared but soon returned with rope
which looked ominOus and suggestive. lie
was little late, but he saw that the bull
was following Jack, and the all-important
tail was also in the procession.
Mr.. John f. Suttons back lot never wit
messed such consummate deceit and dupGc-
ity as these two boys practiced upon that
country bull. While Jack Smith held the
seductive and tempting fodder to his nose,
Peter attached rope to his tail, with a
running moose at one end and a barrel at the
other. Then they opened the gate and told
the bull that it was getting late, and that
it was time for him to get home. 1t is re-
markabe how suddenly, promptly and
speedily he did get up and git. When he
turned Judge Thrashers corner, the barrel
swung him out in the street, but it did not
stop him from saving that Thomson is a
huge humbug. AT the railroad crossing the
barrel, which was doing its best to keep up,
struck an iron and landed on the bulls
back Then that entire part of the town re-
sounded with his remarks. 1t is astonishing
what florid language he used and how elo-
quently he emphasized it with that barrel.
He talked all the way out the street and
said many unpretty things He passed
Judge Worrill on the sidewalk, who stood
and looked at the procession while it dashed
by. He says that the below, the bull and
the barrel were so close together that he
couldn't tell how they ran, but rather thinks
that the barrel was ahead.
We have heard only once of this irrup-
| tive and erratic animal. About II o'clock
he crushed through Judge Hodos front
yard. The Judge happened to be up when
the procession passed He says he is conf
dent that the bull was in front, and he
knows the barrel was next, and he thinks
the below followed and hung to the trees
and had cTsS words in it. He says that,
| from the appearance of the bull it seemed
| to him the animal had had Gods lavish of
| Thomson and of barrel.